Fulham seals Premier League promotion with win over Preston

League leader Fulham -- which was relegated from the top flight last year -- now have 86 points from 42 games.

Published : Apr 20, 2022 09:03 IST , LONDON

 Fulham players celebrate after being promoted to the Premier League.
Fulham players celebrate after being promoted to the Premier League.
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Fulham players celebrate after being promoted to the Premier League.

Fulham achieved promotion back to the Premier League on Tuesday with a 3-0 home win over Preston North End which guaranteed the London side a top-two finish in the second-tier Championship.

League leader Fulham -- which was relegated from the top flight last year -- now have 86 points from 42 games.

Promotion is worth up to $240 million, according to last year's Deloitte Annual Review of Football Finance.

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The top two in the division are promoted to the Premier League while the teams that finish third to sixth go into the playoffs to fight for the final spot.

Only Nottingham Forest could have denied Fulham promotion but it is now 16 points behind the Londoners and can get a maximum of 15 more from its remaining five games.

Fulham took the lead through Aleksandar Mitrovic in the ninth minute before Fabio Carvalho grabbed another and Mitrovic completed a first-half rout by finishing off a slick team move in the 41st minute.

The free-scoring Serbian has been key to Fulham's fortunes, averaging a goal per game with 40 strikes this season.

Fulham's promotion had looked inevitable for some time, but its celebrations were put on hold last week when they lost at Derby County.

Fulham has scored 98 goals this season in 42 games while conceding only 37.

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Fulham's next challenge is to win the Championship title. It is nine points clear of second-placed Bournemouth, which has 77 points and a game in hand on the leaders.

Huddersfield Town is in third place on 73 ahead of Luton Town with 71, Forest on 70 and Sheffield United which currently occupies the final playoff place with 66 points.

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